PASTE, AGLOW, RIDER, WHERE
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MIDGE clouds bring eerie dusk to midday:
GRAVE clothes for the land with
JUICY host-blood to beckon them.
PLUCK them from clothes before they reach skin.
We, the Living
PLUCK wildflowers for the visit.
GRAVE stone still declaring final date.
MIDGE bites my arm. We, the living:
JUICY prey for pangs of grief.
2022-05-31 words
PLUCK, GRAVE, MIDGE, JUICY
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#1:
LATER, after visits to the
SALON, after the manufactured
MIRTH has faded, then the
GRADE-A misery sets in.
#2:
GRADE the roads for the regent’s arrival; his
SALON must be prepared. The night’s
MIRTH could cement peace now;
LATER, the diplomats can sort out the details.
See more at Notes by Steven.
The Social Network
LATER generations might miss its role, obscured by form:
SALON, early social network, proto strewer of high
GRADE untruths. Yet also: a mimetic source to spread
MIRTH, witty contagion countering human gloom.
2022-05-30 words
LATER, SALON, GRADE, MIRTH
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LORRY drivers from many countries
GNASH their teeth as the vultures
SWOOP over the roads that
EXIST as their buffet lines.
See more at Notes by Steven.
Reflexes
LORRY, if suddenly coming at you, soon to
GNASH you into a wall, like angry teeth, one fell
SWOOP—don’t ask “why not a truck?”
EXIST! Evade! No time to muse on dialects.
2022-05-29 words
LORRY, GNASH, SWOOP, EXIST